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In Defense of C++

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185 points todsacerdoti | 3 comments | 16 Sep 25 19:40 UTC | HN request time: 0.224s | source
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lordleft ◴[16 Sep 25 20:55 UTC] No.45267931[source]▶
Great article. Modern C++ has come a really long way. I think lots of people have no idea about the newer features of the standard library and how much they minimize footguns.
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1. Symmetry ◴[16 Sep 25 21:58 UTC] No.45268712[source]▶
I eagerly await the day when they do away with the distinction between ".cpp" and ".hpp" files and the textual substitution nature of "#include" and replace them all with a proper module system.
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2. alextingle ◴[17 Sep 25 05:41 UTC] No.45272166[source]▶
Modules are a disaster.

It's hard enough to get programmers to care enough about how their code affects build times. Modules make it impossible for them to care, and will lead to horrible problems when building large projects.

3. 1718627440 ◴[23 Sep 25 08:45 UTC] No.45344434[source]▶
The distinction between *.cpp and *.hpp is purely convention, the compiler does not care at all.